Yesterday, I read one American blogger: "Russia sends to Syria remains
of its rusty aviation trash". It made me smile and even laugh at this
"deep knowledge" about the Russian " aircraft trash" and "leftovers
from the Soviet era". Today the new SU-34 ( on the photo below) with
the newest anti- air defence electronic equipment is the best tactical
bomber in the world. Plenty of guided bombs and missiles, range 4000
kilomiters without refuelling but can it be refuelled in flight and can
fly non stop even to Washington... Though it is just a FRONT LINE
bomber...
In 2014, Russia for the first time in history produced MORE military
aircraft than the first aircraft power in the world - the USA. They
produced about a hundred planes, we are a little more than a hundred
jets. Not much more than 100, but still MORE than our "western partner
number one".... Good "leftovers"...
My Indian friend Debasis Tejas posted a big and interesting article
about HELICOPTERS. This is not my field, that is why I decided to write
in English about the "remnants of trash jet aviation in the Russian
Federation" for my Indian friends.
Probably i will translate this article into Russian. But tomorrow. Not
now at 5.50 am
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Ответ на коммент моего индийского ФБ-друга Debassis Dash
Он написал и перепостил : " Commentary by Dr. Sergey Stroev sir to
one of my shared post written by Avi Das sir on Evolution of
LCH ...." Мой ответ:

It is impossible to combine "all in one". In Russia there several types
of strike planes ( I served in an interceptor aiкcraft
regiment and helicopters are not my subject). We have long range jet
strategic bombers TU-160 and yet shorter range but also strategic
bomber TU-22. We have heavy strike multifunctional aircraft of SU
family - SU-27, SU-30 ( India has its modification SU-30 MKI ), a new
one SU-35 ( which China wants but we did not sell it yet ) with a
number of modifications within this family. Then we have light strike
multifunctional aircrafts of MiG family beginning, now in Airforce,
from MiG-29 ( some of them are still flying in new NATO countries -
former socialist camp countries) to the new Mig-35 that was rejected by
India in the 2012 tender preferring French "Rafal" which is more
outdated yet has a longer range and more weapons load. India has a
large territory so I understand their reasons... Further... we have the
new SU-34 ( which drops bombs and missiles in Syria today) that is a
front-line BOMBER. Its previous "older brother" SU-24 is much more
vulnerable from the air defence fire, yet it also flyes today in Syria
in Russian Air Groupe. Besides we test now 3 planes of an F-22 "Raptor"
stealth type - our T-50 ( or PAK FA). And we have a new light bomber -
Yak-130 that is a plane mainly for training of pilots for OTHER types
of aircraft as it can simulate ANY our now flying Russian planes yet it
can be used as a bomber as such. In 2014 Russia produced for the first
time in histiry MORE military planes than the USA - more tnan 100 in a
year. On the photo - Su-34 in group.Дальний
сверхзвуковой стратегический бомбардировщик Ту-22